IST is a company that develops software for the education sector. The company's growth has led to inconsistency in its software suite, negatively impacting user and developer experience. User interface components such as buttons and forms vary in design and implementation across their services, making it challenging for users to navigate and for de...
The component-driven approach in software development has become a favored approach when developing web applications. Developing and maintaining components are central when using the component-driven approach and it has a lot of advantages. On the other hand, developing and maintaining the components within an Integrated Development Environment can...
In our progressively digitized world, the escalating demand for software solutions intensifies the need for proficient developers. Low-Code Development Platforms (LCDPs) present a promising approach to address this necessity, empowering individuals without traditional programming skills to create software applications. However, despite their potent...
The purpose of this master’s thesis was to research and evaluate how ChatGPT can be used as a tool in software developers’ daily work activities. In order to do this, the thesis was conducted in two phases, the initial exploration phase and the data collection phase. In the initial exploration phase, five senior-level developers were interviewed ab...
Data science encompasses the most prominent collection of methods for creating scientific knowledge in the 21st century. Currently, data scientists must navigate a wide-ranging and often incoherent ecosystem of tools, in addition to organizing sociotechnical interactions with colleagues across many fields of expertise.This predicament motivates my ...
Implementing new technology into a complex software developing environment comes with many challenges in terms of code, user interface design, and developer experience. It is well-established that the pressing demand for security and regulations within financial technology makes it even more essential to implement new technologies with care and min...
In recent years, low-code development has become increasingly popular, enabling developers to write less code and focus on the objective. However, while proven efficient, little attention has been given to how developers experience working in these development environments. This is significant as providing unpleasant experiences could reduce the be...
The Kotlin programming language has seen an increase of adoption since its launch in 2011. In late 2017 Google announced first-class support for Kotlin on the Android platform which further popularized the language. With this increase in popularity we felt it was interesting to investigate how Kotlin affects the developer experience. We performed a...
